Crossword Puzzle Number 6698 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
4. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
9. A city in northwestern Syria.
13. A licensed medical practitioner.
16. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
17. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
18. Consisting of or made up of bone.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
22. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
24. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
25. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting.
30. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
36. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
49. Type genus of the Bryaceae.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. Italian Benedictine monk who was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
56. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
57. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
60. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
61. German mathematician (1862-1943).
63. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858).
65. Composed of or covered with relatively large particles.
66. Accumulate on the surface.
68. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
69. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
70. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
72. Asian rat snakes.
74. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
78. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
80. (informal) Exceptionally good.
82. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
85. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
89. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
92. A fundamental principle or practice.
93. Used of a single unit or thing.
94. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
95. A Hindu prince or king in India.
97. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
98. A boy or man.
99. An advantageous purchase.
100. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
101. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

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1. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
2. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
3. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
6. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
7. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
8. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
9. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
10. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
11. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
12. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
13. Rich and superior in quality.
14. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
15. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
21. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. An informal term for a father.
29. The capital and largest city of Dominica.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
32. (informal) Roused to anger.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
37. A curved oriental saber.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people.
40. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
41. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
43. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
44. The lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters.
45. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
48. (of e.g. speech and writing) Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.
50. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
51. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
52. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
55. English painter (1887-1976).
58. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
59. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
62. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
64. Of an instrument of certain death.
67. Unique or specific to a person or thing or category.
71. An associate degree in nursing.
73. Capital of modern Macedonia.
74. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
75. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
76. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
77. Follower of Rastafarianism.
79. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
81. Type genus of the Ranidae.
82. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
83. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
84. Suggestive of the supernatural.
86. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
87. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
88. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
90. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
91. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
92. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
96. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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